Stitch Your Style: Personalize Your Wardrobe with Embroidery
Incorporating Beads
A course by Erin McDonald , Embroidery artist and course instructor
About the video: Incorporating Beads
Overview
“It's time to go further! Therefore, in this lesson, I will teach you how to add glass beads to complete the embroidering of the shows. ”
In this video lesson Erin McDonald addresses the topic: Incorporating Beads, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stitch Your Style: Personalize Your Wardrobe with Embroidery. Learn to personalize canvas shoes with hand embroidery, mastering floral designs and essential stitching techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that we're finished embroidering our design, we can add the beads. I'm gonna use my white pen to map out the placement of those beads. That looks pretty good. We'll thread our needle with our beading thread. Again, we're using a special beading needle for this because an embroidery needle is too big to fit through these beads. We'll be adding a double knot at the end of this thread. This is really the only thread we're using with knots, but don't worry, it's so small, I promise you won't feel it. As you remember, bring your needle up where you want your bead to be. String a bead onto yo...”
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Course summary for: Stitch Your Style: Personalize Your Wardrobe with Embroidery
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Embroidery, Textile Design, Upcycling
Erin McDonald
A course by Erin McDonald
Erin McDonald is a self-taught embroidery artist renowned for her intricate floral designs and innovative approach to fiber arts. Her journey into embroidery began in 2010, following a life-altering car accident, where she discovered the therapeutic power of stitching. This newfound passion provided her with a creative outlet and a positive focus during her recovery. Overcoming personal challenges, including addiction and a stint in prison, Erin transformed her life, supported by her family and the serene beauty of East Tennessee, which heavily influences her work. Her dedication to the craft led her to launch High Crafting, now the largest embroidery channel on TikTok, where she shares her expertise and love for embroidery with a global audience.
Erin combines her background in business and marketing with her artistic skills to run a successful enterprise selling embroidery patterns, kits, and tools. Her popular products, such as easy-to-use stick and stitch patterns, reflect her commitment to making embroidery accessible to all. Erin's work is deeply inspired by a vintage floral aesthetic and the vibrant natural beauty of her surroundings. She draws on the rich artistic legacy of her ancestors, adding her unique touch to everyday items. Her story is one of resilience and creativity, inspiring others to transform personal adversity into artistic triumph.
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